10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2022

The HBW reports that until recently several subspecies were commonly recognized, notably brevipes , ocularis , micronesiae , minima , leucophrys , meeki and tannensis , but that the differences are slight and the species is now treated as monotypic.

Micronesia 179

Micronesia Branding Buffalo Rabbits 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Dark blackish swamphens occur from eastern Indonesia across Australia, Melanesia, southern Micronesia, and Polynesia as far east as American Samoa, having reached some of these islands only in the last few hundred years and, in the case of New Zealand at least, recolonizing islands previously settled by their cousins.

Papua New Guinea 190

Papua New Guinea Philippines New Zealand Florida 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

One new Pacific island form is the Mariana Kingfisher ( Todiramphus albicilla ) from the Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Saipan, Micronesia. Top Flickr user Sjahanmi (Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-commercial). Mariana Kingfisher. Flickr User Tropical Pete (Used with permission). Torrresian Kingfisher.

United Arab Emirates 175

United Arab Emirates Micronesia Tonga Vanuatu 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Subspecies albicilla , Saipan, Micronesia. It would be harder to get a stronger contrast to the dark headed Australian sordita than the form found on the Micronesian island of Saipan.

Samoa 167

Samoa Vanuatu United Arab Emirates Tonga 167